We are the most colorful lot on the planet. I saw us as a rainbow.
In a way, America has been like a test lab for examining whether or not the greater world stands a chance of ever becoming one. If America can do it, then so can other nations, and the world.
I’ve gone online to see if I could find any references to America being called The Rainbow Nation, as in a colorful spectacle of promise, but nothing came up.
I realize we haven’t reached our potential yet, but I think we’re doing pretty darn good, all considered. I hear the racial divide is still prevalent in the south, and I am also aware of the hate which some of Native America still harbors (and with good reason).
Yet, there are not a few of us now who appreciate the beauty in all the shades of our America. I want to believe that someday, somehow, we will come to fully adore the wonderful variety that we are, and that we have always been.
As Thanksgiving has long been touted the “All-American” holiday, I think it’s time to let Thanksgiving be a platform for telling the painful truth of all our history (not excluding the story of any ethnic group), and for looking heavenward to the promise of a clear and beautiful Rainbow Nation.
I am thankful to be an American. I am especially thankful to have been born at the tail end of this great American melting pot experience when I could see real racial unity make advances in popular thought, and in mainstream culture.
A rainbow. That’s what we are.
Music by DC Talk, Color People
Article by Carrie Franzwa, founder of the Reality Thanksgiving Revolution at www.IdeasThanksgiving.com.
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Posted September 15, 2009 by Admin under Blog
